King James

Today history will be made.


A boy who was destined to be, and became, the king will rewrite history.


Leaving his mark on the NBA and Free Agency.


It’s even being published as a one hour special.










I think I like the original one better.

After all, it has lasted nearly 400 years; which, is a lot longer than an hour.

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Should-of, Would-of, Could-of...

But didn't.

So after my post on Saturday of calling SVA and Qdel a good bet. What happens?

I place a limit buy on SVA. That is to buy it as long as it does not go above a certain price. After all, if it jumps up, I figure that day traders will do a little pump and dump and it will go down and I will end up paying too much.

So what happens, it opens higher than my limit price and never looks back.

Monday SVA opened 14% higher. My limit price was 10% higher.

It then progresses to go up nearly another 40%!!! In one day!!!

That is a 53% gain !!!

That is not hype, that is hysterics!!!

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Time to Stock up?

In the old days...
Back to school meant more shopping. More shopping meant spending more money on the economy.

Now a days...
Back to school means snuffled noses, sneezes, germs and the dreaded H1N1 !!!
And stock market hype!!!

At this point, I'd like to thank the following....

WHO for saying that this flu season could be even worse.
and
The pharma companies (some of them at least) finally getting around to developing a vaccine.

The swine flu (pandemic) index I put together last spring is once again on the move.





















This week alone has seen quite a rise in two of my favorites on the is list; Qdel and SVA.

QDEL - develops the test for the flu which your doctor does when you go to him or her and say you don't feel well.

SVA - develops the vaccine you take, so you don't have to take the test.

Though I might be a day (in this case a week) late and a dollar short, I think it is time once again (for those who a willing to take a bit of a risk) to ride the hype wave.

As always, invest wisely and good luck surfing!

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I can hear it in their thoughts and see it in their faces...

I don't get it....
How could I have missed it?
Vick to an NFC East Opponent!!!
I've got to think of something...

And to think I could have had a prima donna premier QB buy my side right now, if only...





PSSssst!
Hey I can still run and throw...

A Little...

Maybe half the season...

I could come in on 3rd down...

Have you heard of wildcat?




Me and Jason in the same backfield...

I bet he could block...






I hear where you are coming from and I've got your number!!!











Just some of the things that tick me off...

Unwarranted Hype...
Brett Favre Hype...
Michael Vick Hype...
Dan Snyder...

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Tuesday Trading Ideas

The federal government has asked three drug companies to make enough swine flu vaccine to immunize at least 20 million people in key positions in health care, national security and emergency services, officials said yesterday.

The order, announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, is part of a $1 billion investment in immediate production and testing of vaccine against the newly emerged strain of the H1N1 flu virus. Further orders for potentially hundreds of millions of doses of vaccine are expected.

So, What companies are these?

Sanofi Pasteur (SNY)
Novartis (NVS)
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
MedImmune (AZN)
CSL (CSL.AX)

Last month I did a quick trade on the pandemic hype and make a nice little profit on QDEL, which makes the test to identify the Flu. At the time there was quite a bit of hype with other pharm companies but since none had a "product", I was reluctant to invest in them right away.

Now, it appears that there is going to be a product, and; the governments are putting real money behind it.

Of course, these are just ideas, but perhaps ideas worth looking into.

Happy trading.

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Ahhh-Pooh!

This week has been another fun filled action packed week at work which, in my opinion, has produced a more viral reaction in the media, and the public eye, and my business' pandemic preparedness planning as part of paragraph 3, subsection 1, of the business continuity plan than the actual swine flu!

But it has been good for stocks, flight cancellations and makers of disinfectants and surgical masks!

You see, I was supposed to go to Ft. Wayne Indiana this coming week for a conference. I know, some of you are saying Ft. Wayne? Whats in Ft. Wayne? I know I certainly did...

Well, for one thing, not the swine flu! But that did not stop all non essential business trips.

Then there was all the hype with stocks that deal with infectious diseases, vaccines, and such.

Some saw astronomical increases in price. And, I have to admit, I took a chance - not sticking with my stock investment strategy and plan - with one (Qdel) which was nice enough to go up over 20% in 4 days.

So I took my money and said thank you very much - and Bless you to the market for it's reaction to a sneeze...

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